Method and apparatus for accessing and managing a multi-layered virtual server by deploying web folder tree

Abstract

The central controlled distributed scalable virtual machine (“CCDSVM”) of the present invention can be expanded across network domains such as Intranet and Internet, and thousands of systems in the virtual server can be organized into multiple groups (service pools) with a multi-layered hierarchy. The CCDSVM includes at least a control system to control and organize a management pool that comprising a plurality of middle level control systems, and each middle control system can control a service pool that comprising a plurality of system units. In addition, different privileged users can login different level of the control system to further centralized access the permitted system units in each pool. Specially, the present invention including a method of supporting of web folder tree and a method of supporting web based multi-tasking to enhance the manageability and operations of the CCDSVM.

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PRIORITY[0001]This application is a continuation-in-part of the U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11 / 374,302, which is based on U.S. provisional Application No. 60 / 585,552. The application Ser. No. 11 / 374,302 is the continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 713,904 (U.S. Pat. No. 7,418,702), which is based on U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 60 / 401,238. The application Ser. No. 11 / 374,302 is also a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 713,905 (U.S. Pat. No. 7,373,990), which is based on U.S. provisional application Se. No. 60 / 402,626. This application is also a continuation-in-part of the U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12 / 079,482, which is a divisional application of the Ser. No. 10 / 713,904. This application is also a continuation-in-part of the U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12 / 944,958, which is a divisional application of the Ser. No. 10 / 713,905.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]This invention relates to the methods and apparatus for a ne...

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Benefits of technology

[0010]Since the emergence of the native window & user interactive clicking based computer user work environment (CUWE), users are able to display, view and operate resources information of a computer system or devices by using multi-layered item list. For example, the files & folders list, email message folders, devices, folders and other resources on MS Windows system can be all conveniently accessed and managed via the multi-layered item list (“MLIL”). In other words, supporting multi-layered item list has become an important part of the native window based computer user work environment. However, let one or multiple concurrent users simultaneously display, view & operate multi-layered item list from each of a single web-browser for corresponding resources such as for deeply nested files & folders, or for multi-group, multi-layered provisioned systems in a virtual server or for various devices has became an big challenge. The mentioned prior applications together with the present invention have successfully solved such challenge by creating web-based user interfaces (“UI”) including mirrored MLIL for the WCUWE of the CCDSVM, where the displayed MLIL also can be called as web folder-tree.

Problems solved by technology

However, let one or multiple concurrent users simultaneously display, view & operate multi-layered item list from each of a single web-browser for corresponding resources such as for deeply nested files & folders, or for multi-group, multi-layered provisioned systems in a virtual server or for various devices has became an big challenge.

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